More than half a million Zoom accounts are sold on hacker forums and dark web sites for less than a penny each

2020-04-14 11:19

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BlockBeats reports that more than half a million Zoom account details are being sold for less than a penny on the dark web and hacker forums and, in some cases, given away for free.

Some of these Zoom accounts are offered free on hacker forums so hackers can use them to create zoom-bomb pranks and malicious activity. The others cost less than a penny each.

Cyble, a cybersecurity intelligence company, began seeing free Zoom accounts posted on hacker forums on April 1, 2020, a practice that has given the person Posting the post a reputation in the hacker community.

The accounts are Shared through text-sharing sites, where threats post lists of E-mail addresses and password combinations.

In the following example, 290 accounts associated with universities such as the university of vermont, the university of Colorado, Dartmouth, lafayette, and the university of Florida were released free of charge.

Zoom account posted on hacker forums for free

It is understood that the media randomly contacted the exposed email addresses on these lists and confirmed that some of them were genuine. One user whose information was exposed said the password listed above was an old one.

After seeing a seller post an account on a hacker's forum, the security company Cyble volunteered to buy a large number of accounts so they could use them to warn their customers of potential vulnerabilities. Cyble About 530,000 Zoom credentials were purchased for about $0.0020 per account, less than a penny. The purchased account information includes the victim's email address, password, personal meeting URL, and their host key. Cyble found that the accounts included those of prominent companies such as chase bank, citibank, and educational institutions.